Cottage At Leigh Common

LEIGH ST 60 NW WRIGGLE RIVER LANE 5/56 Cottage at Leigh Common

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Cottage. Late C18 - early C19. Walls of flint and cob, part colourwashed, extended to north in brick in late C19. Thatched roof. One brick stack at right end of original building and one at right end of later section. 2 storeys simple 2-room plan. Ledged door in verandah type porch with brick piers and pantile roof. In original section, one horizontally sliding sash on first floor. In later section, one casement with glazing bars on each floor. Interior largely unaltered, main room has large open fireplace with timber lintel and bread oven. Probably originally a squatter's cottage built on highway verge.

Listing NGR: ST6171705570